<p>An external link is a standard web link targeting for example a website.
  For example, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea</a> is
  an external link to a Wikipedia page.</p>
<p>To create a link without a custom text:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Press
    <img src="1_External links_image.png" width="15" height="16">in the&nbsp;<a class="reference-link" href="#root/_help_nRhnJkTT8cPs">Formatting toolbar</a>:
    <ul>
      <li>A popup will appear, type or paste the URL in the box.</li>
      <li>Press <kbd>Enter</kbd> or the check mark icon to confirm.</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Alternatively, press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> to trigger the aforementioned
    popup.</li>
  <li>A simpler way is to paste the raw link and press space to turn it automatically
    into a link.</li>
</ul>
<p>To create a link with a custom text:</p>
<ul>
  <li>First, type and select the text which will be turned into a link.</li>
  <li>Follow the previous steps to open the link interface (via the formatting
    toolbar, or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd>).</li>
  <li>Alternatively, simply paste (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>) over the selected
    text to turn it into a link.</li>
</ul>
<p>Once a link is inserted:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The text inside the link can be changed if needed but the link itself
    will remain.</li>
  <li>To modify the link, click on the link to display the popup and press the
    <img
    src="External links_image.png" width="18" height="18"> <em>Edit link</em> button.</li>
  <li>To remove a link, click on it and press the
    <img src="2_External links_image.png"
    width="18" height="18"> <em>Unlink</em> button.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can follow external link by either double clicking (will open new
  tab/window) it or right clicking on them and choosing "Open in new tab".</p>